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black mamba drug ingredients viagra I’ve been thinking a lot about things that have changed since I was a child. We couldn’t have grown without change. As a child, I remember that, on a Sunday, there were only the so-called religious programmes (Christian, in those days). Daytime television was non-existent. But, as time went by, we got daytime TV and, in the last 10 years or so, satellite TV. Nowadays, I’ll be honest, I couldn’t live without it.

click And then there these modern, new-fangled things called laptops, Ultra books and tablets. (Isn’t that something I take when I have a headache?) I am no Spring Chicken (and if you don’t understand that phrase, it will indicate clearly how much older than you I am) but I love and embrace technology. To the extent that I have to have my Smartphone surgically removed when I go to bed. You think I jest, but no. I left it at work one day, in error and had to do the two hour round trip to retrieve it… Not to mention the paroxysms of anxiety when I realise that I had “cooked” my battery and I might just be out of contact for ten minutes or so…

follow url All of this “change” is one part of all the changes that affect me, and – probably – you. I will come back to this topic in due course.

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enter I am a technophile. I have a notebook and two netbooks, a tablet and a couple of Smartphones. I use apps to make my life easier, so I can record notes and memos. I save my files to a cloud based solution, as well as a portable hard drive, so I don’t need to worry about losing my memory stick or my computer. I have ‘phone reminders for virtually everything. And yet, I still always carry and pen and notebook with me. Why?

enter site Well, for one thing, a pen and paper doesn’t freeze or crash (yes, the pen can run out of ink, but I usually have more than one. And a pencil.) It’s lighter to carry and I can buy notebooks in a variety of different sizes, depending on the size of the handbag I’m using. I don’t have to worry about logging back in if I’ve closed the cover on it. The battery doesn’t run out.

And yet, it is far quicker for me to type on a computer than it is to write longhand (especially as I touch type, and am quite fast). Editing is easier on a computer – those paper pages can get very messy with the repeated crossings out. And, actually, reading back what’s been written is easier on a computer – my handwriting isn’t neat at the best of times, and when I’m on a train, it’s very hard to make it look beautiful. Anyway, I’m not trying to write in copper-plate when I just want to get ideas down on paper.

I will confess, though, I’ve never got the hang of voice notes. I don’t like the idea of being out in public and saying “Jennifer” out loud to get someone’s telephone number, and I like the idea of recording my thoughts out loud even less. I’m not quite sure why.

So pen and paper or technology? It’s like the difference between wearing a skirt or trousers. Wearing red lipstick or pink. Eating chicken or fish. All perfectly reasonable choices, at different times. So, for me, there is no contest. None at all. They both have their place with me.